2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate School for You
Visual & Performing Arts is the #13 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 745 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Pennsylvania to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for visual and performing arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Visual & Performing Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Messiah University the best value school in Pennsylvania for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Messiah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Mechanicsburg.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Messiah are $13,050 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Bloomsburg graduate students pay an average of $11,871 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WCUPA are $11,898 a year.
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Out of the 9 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Marywood University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marywood are $11,438 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercyhurst University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Mercyhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Erie.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mercyhurst are $17,043 per year.
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Duquesne University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duquesne are $24,534 a year.
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University of Pennsylvania ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UPenn are $42,932 a year.
UPenn also took the #2 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.
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With a ranking of #8, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Carnegie Mellon graduate students pay an average of $47,347 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Carnegie Mellon also did well on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. PAFA is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at PAFA are $41,356 a year.
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 3,135 |
| Maryland | 493 |
| New Jersey | 187 |
| District of Columbia | 192 |
| Delaware | 34 |
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Majors Related to Visual & Performing Arts
Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Music | 7,675 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 3,224 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 1,979 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 1,704 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 1,699 |
| Arts & Media Management | 1,184 |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 390 |
| Dance | 257 |
| Other Visual Art | 254 |
| Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry | 13 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Theology & Religious Vocations | 17,287 |
| English Language & Literature | 9,566 |
| Foreign Languages & Linguistics | 4,163 |
| Philosophy & Religious Studies | 3,136 |
| Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities | 2,680 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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